5 Days Big 5 Tour & Cultural Experience

Pick up from Arusha hotel at 8.00m then take 3 hours driver to Tarangire national park and you will have full day game drive inside this park later you will drive to Marera view lodge for dinner and overnight . Location of Tarangire national park is 115km from Arusha .and cover area square of 2800km. Wild animals drink water from Tarangire river where the name Tarangire come
from. The park has major attractions which are a large number of elephants ,climbing trees pythons and baobab trees. Also you will be able to see lions, leopards and other animals

You will wake up around 6:30 am for breakfast before departing for a full-day adventure on the Ngorongoro Crater floor. Known for its incredible wildlife diversity, the crater is one of the few places where you can see all of Africa’s "Big Five"—lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and the rare black rhino—in one location.

During your drive, you’ll encounter a variety of bird species and witness large flocks of flamingos along the crater’s soda lake. You’ll enjoy lunch within the crater, surrounded by the breathtaking scenery and rich biodiversity.

The Ngorongoro Crater, recognized as the largest inactive and intact volcanic caldera in the world, formed around 2 to 3 million years ago after a massive volcanic eruption and subsequent collapse. It was officially named one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa in 2015.

The crater is home to an impressive array of wildlife, including over 7,000 wildebeest, 6,000 black-spotted hyenas, 4,000 zebras, 3,000 elands, 3,000 gazelles, 300 elephants, more than 55 lions, 30 black rhinos, and various smaller species such as antelopes, jackals, hippos, and kobs.

After a thrilling day of exploration, you will drive to Kisimangeda Tented Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay, reflecting on the extraordinary sights and experiences of the day.

After breakfast, we traverse the rough road to lake eyasi, another soda lake in the rift valley. We arrive in afternoon for a cultural interaction with the Tatoga tribe (a very interesting tribe). Our Tatoga guide at the village will lead the tour. We explore the dry and rugged landscape area on foot, which is still inhabited by a small group of bushmen: the Hadzabe or Watindiga. These tribes still live in bands, hunting with bows and arrows; gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits, just as how humans did to survive 10,000 years ago. Another interesting tribe in this area is the Datoga (also called the Barabaig or Mang’ati). Initially, they were exercising a lot of rivalry over grazing land with the Maasai tribe.

We start early in the morning for a hunting tour with the bushmen then back to the lodge for breakfast. Afterwards, we depart for lake Manyara for a full day game drive , inside the park you will be able to see climbing tree lions and a lot of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake and you will visit a hot spring . Also the same day you will visit Maasai boma where you will see how they live and learn their culture and traditions then later drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight.